Saturday is a big day. Hutch will celebrate his first birthday. Well, actually, Hutch's mom and dad, aunts and uncles, grandparents, great grandparents, and others will do most of the celebrating. After all, when you are only one year old, how much celebrating can you do? Somehow I think he will surprise me, especially when he begins to dig into all those gifts.
I was thinking about starting him off right with a gift certificate to Lowes or Home Depot . . . the boy loves tools. Or maybe I should buy him a Mississippi State key chain or license plate. I know he is not yet driving, but at the rate he is growing, it will not be long. And with all the pressure he is getting from the Hog fans that surround him I will have to work hard to help him hear that inner voice that I know is calling him to be a Bulldog. Hey, it's in his blood.
So, let me be the first to say an early "Happy Birthday Hutch."
Go Bulldogs!
See you all on Sunday.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
Great Day!
Sunday was such a great day. The Lord was so good to add three new families to our church. Join me in offering a heartfelt welcome to the Williams, Wilhite and Grubb families. I also want to thank our church for the generous love offering that you provided for the Gideon International Ministry. HDBC continues to be such a generous church. It is truly a blessing to serve as your pastor.
Have a wonderful day.
Have a wonderful day.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Changing Times
When I first became a pastor, almost 23 years ago, it was customary for pastors to write an article for the weekly (or monthly) church newsletter. So, I followed the trend and worked hard to come up with clever articles that would cause my members to be impressed with the depth of my theological acumen, and my broad command of the English language.
After months of laboring with the keys on the typewriter (yes, there was life before computers) and producing what I considered to be great works of prose I came to an utterly disgusting realization. Most people were more interested in the menu for Wednesday night supper and the softball schedule for the week than they were my articles!
I could have been scarred for the rest of my pastoral life, but decided to keep on keeping on, just in case someone decided to read. And besides that, I learned that jotting down my thoughts could actually be therapeutic.
A few years ago we discontinued our monthly newsletter. And with the death of the newsletter my therapy came to an end. After all, without a newsletter, who needs a pastoral article? I must admit that though I have enjoyed having one less item on my Monday morning list of things to do, I have missed sharing my thoughts with you.
However, there is good news. I am renewing my therapy. I have started a BLOG. My how things have changed. A few years ago the word “blog” did not exist. Even now my spell-checker is trying to get me to change it to a different word. Not to worry, I’ll just add it to my dictionary and keep on typing.
I hope you will check out my blog from time to time, just to read my thoughts and to see how the therapy is going. I will try to keep future entries a little shorter.
Blessings
After months of laboring with the keys on the typewriter (yes, there was life before computers) and producing what I considered to be great works of prose I came to an utterly disgusting realization. Most people were more interested in the menu for Wednesday night supper and the softball schedule for the week than they were my articles!
I could have been scarred for the rest of my pastoral life, but decided to keep on keeping on, just in case someone decided to read. And besides that, I learned that jotting down my thoughts could actually be therapeutic.
A few years ago we discontinued our monthly newsletter. And with the death of the newsletter my therapy came to an end. After all, without a newsletter, who needs a pastoral article? I must admit that though I have enjoyed having one less item on my Monday morning list of things to do, I have missed sharing my thoughts with you.
However, there is good news. I am renewing my therapy. I have started a BLOG. My how things have changed. A few years ago the word “blog” did not exist. Even now my spell-checker is trying to get me to change it to a different word. Not to worry, I’ll just add it to my dictionary and keep on typing.
I hope you will check out my blog from time to time, just to read my thoughts and to see how the therapy is going. I will try to keep future entries a little shorter.
Blessings
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